Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.